As detailed in the School Newsletter, Simpson Primary will be taking part in #HappyShoesday on Tuesday 22nd May to celebrate Walk to School Month. Children can wear their favourite shoes/trainers to school (no High Heels please) or they can decorate an old pair of shoes with a happy theme – the more creative, the better! There will be no donations required – all we want is for the children to have a bit of fun and to encourage as many as possible to walk to school.
Thank you for your support.
Please click on the ‘newsletters’ link under school information on the right hand side of the blog page to access our May newsletter.
Have a lovely weekend.
Dear All,
The Lost Words
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, the Pupil Council delivered a copy of The Lost Words to each class in the school. For those unfamiliar with the book, it is a stunning spell book written by Robert Macfarlane and illustrated beautifully by artist Jackie Morris. It showcases words from our natural world which are no longer included in the Junior Oxford Dictionary due to lack of use (including acorn, conker, dandelion and otter). Before each class received the book, Primary One to Seven engaged in a ‘guess the meaning’ task and it has created quite a buzz. We have been thrilled with the response our posts have had on Twitter – including comments from both author Robert Macfarlane and illustrator Jackie Morris.
As we FINALLY head towards spring (fingers crossed!) our school challenge is to get out into nature and find out about the plants and creatures we have discovered in this fabulous book. Can spot any of them outdoors? Draw them? Make a fact file about them? Get together with a friend and record a news report about them?If you are looking for something to do over the holidays, why not give it a go!
Ask an adult to tweet about it using the #lostwordsSPS @simpsonprimary or comment below.
To quote the wonderful David Attenborough,
Please note a change of date for The Big Pedal. It will now take place from April 23rd until 4th May 2018.
World Book Day t-shirts and hats may now be worn on Thursday 8th March for Nursery children and Friday 9th March for P1-P7 children, as change to the original date.
Good Morning P6
Despite the bad weather preventing us getting to school, we can still continue our learning at home.
Be creative, use your imagination and have fun!
Don’t forget to upload your photos #SPSLovestoRead, #SPSSnowDay
P6c parents/ carers,
These are possible activities the children can complete on the snow day.
Either complete the education city activities allocated to your account or some of the activities listed:
Numeracy
*log into www.sumdog.com
*choose a times table to improve and practise
Literacy
*read a chapter of a novel
*update reading Reading Passports
*find out more about your favourite author (date of birth/ death, where they are from, books they have written, who/ what inspired them to write) and create a poster with your information
Have a nice weekend!
Mrs Paradies
Hello everyone,
Here are a couple of ideas linking to what we have been doing in art and music.
ART
If any of the p1s, 2s and 3s want to follow up their Andy Goldsworthy Transient Art from last term, today’s conditions are perfect for creating snow art, either with just the snow, or with snow and greenery/stones/sticks/etc. And because it is transient a photo is what makes it last. With help, you should take photos of your art and post them in.
The older children could also be doing the same – we are looking at line as well as colour… Question, how can you create line with snow/ in snow?
MUSIC
p3/4 have been looking at sound stories for Tam O’ Haggis and we have listened to the Tam O Shanter Overture. And p2/3 last term looked at selecting appropriate music to fit with drama. Can you take a video (with help) of either your snow art OR some dramatic weather and find some appropriate music to put as the background?
Best wishes,
Mrs Gillies
P6c parents/ carers,
These are possible activities the children can complete on the snow day.
Either complete the education city activities allocated to your account or some of the activities listed:
Numeracy
*log into www.sumdog.com
*choose a times table to improve and practise
Literacy
*read a chapter of a novel
*update reading Reading Passports
*choose a reading dare from homework jotter or write a summary of what has been read
*It is World Book Day. Visit www.worldbookday.com
Other
*we have heard from two engineers this week. Can you design and create a sledge out of materials found at home? Tip- think about materials that won’t rip when wet (remember to ask people at home before using something)
Mrs Paradies
